Jó 27

Olympiodorus of Alexandria

Jó 27:1-2

While his three friends remained silent about his words, the blessed Job, by linking himself with what had been said before, adds the words that follow. Indeed he had spoken his previous words as a prologue to what follows now. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 27:1

Jó 27:8-10

What hope, he says, does the impious have, even though he has lived so far? With what sort of assurance does he expect any salvation from God like that by which I trust to be saved? How will he confidently invoke God, after falling into misfortune, as if his prayers should be really heard? — COMMENTARY ON JOB 27:8-10

Jó 27:14-15

He describes what is likely to happen to the ungodly. Admittedly, things do not always go in this manner for them. Some of them, indeed, preserve their prosperity until the end of their life, as he himself, in his quandary, has taught his friends in the previous chapters. Therefore, he calls "slaughter" the kind of death that is inflicted by enemies, and "death" the one that comes suddenly and prematurely. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 27:14-15